Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think I speak for most of us in that I am saddened that we got here today, and many of us could picture a path where we were not standing here, and I hope we can find a path forward, moving forward.

I believe that any one of the allegations heard here today would constitute grounds to remove a Minister. No public servant should ever fear their Minister making degrading comments about them. In fact, any time any of us run into any of the vicious rumours that surround this job, I think it is our duty to tell that person to stop gossiping and get back to work.

I am happy that more of the information came out today and that we can have the benefit of public scrutiny and a proper process. I thank the Premier for that. I would ask for further explanation on the point of the Minister insisting on having meetings without staff present. All meetings are required to be logged in a registry, and I believe that, if the Premier or staff know of any meetings that are not in the registry, that it be updated.

I have witnessed some of the behaviour alleged here today, and I think that it is important that we have given the Minister multiple opportunities to defend herself to all MLAs in a proper process, and she has refused to do so to date, Mr. Speaker. Therefore, many of us, if the Minister decides to speak, will be hearing her side of the story for the first time. That is unfortunate that that has occurred. However, I have spoken to many of my constituents, and I have spoken to many of MLA Nokleby's constituents. There is no doubt that she has worked hard to engage with many stakeholders and has done some great work with them. Those efforts must be acknowledged. Yet, based on what has been said here publicly today, I believe there is a cause to remove MLA Nokleby from Cabinet.

We all need to move forward. We need to change our processes such that this information came out much earlier, at the time it occurred, and did not swirl around for months in a rumour mill. Cabinet confidentiality is key. It is designed to protect the difference of opinions and allow healthy debate. However, I don't believe it is designed to protect poor performance of a Minister or breaches of our code of ethics.

Mr. Speaker, I hope we get out of here and reflect on those processes and make sure that we operate a much more transparent government. It is time for us to get our house in order, put this behind us, and govern this territory. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.